16 English Synonyms for REBUKE

Definition: 1. A mild rebuke, or an implied criticism.

There are 5 definitions of the word reproach

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Definition: 1. An act or instance of reproving or of reprobating; a rebuke, a reproach, an admonition.

There are 2 definitions of the word reproof

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Definition: 1. The act of reproving.

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Definition: 1. the act, or an expression, of criticism, censure or condemnation; reprimand

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Definition: 1. A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.

There are 2 definitions of the word reprimand

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Definition: 1. Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against fault or oversight; warning.

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Definition: 1. (intransitive) to express disapproval. [from 14th c.]

There are 4 definitions of the word reprove

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Definition: 1. to criticize, to reprove

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Definition: 1. (transitive) To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke gently or kindly, but seriously; to tell off.

There are 3 definitions of the word admonish

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Definition: 1. (chiefly, US) To reprimand; to censure severely or angrily.

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Definition: 1. (transitive, formal) To punish or reprimand someone severely.

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Definition: 1. (transitive) To set upon or attack.

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Definition: 1. (informal, transitive) To vigorously attack, either physically or verbally.

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Definition: 1. Angry words, harsh criticism.

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Definition: 1. A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.

There are 5 definitions of the word scold

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Definition: 1. An act of trouncing: a severe beating, a thrashing; a thorough defeat.

There are 10 definitions of the word trounce

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